Three seconds of audio could end up costing Fox $500,000
And that, kids, is why we don't play the Emergency Alert System tone on TVDespite being a well-known illegal sound that many film and television productions have been fined over, US media titan Fox...
View ArticleThat's not a TP-Link access point, it's a… vacuum?
You might say this thing sucksAt first glance, TP-Link's Tapo RV10 looks a bit like a fallen Omada access point that's now leaking a mysterious substance on the floor. In reality, the white and black...
View ArticleTake the blue pill: Keanu Reeves has had enough of AI baloney
Neo continues to rage against the machines decades after The MatrixOpinion Quelle surprise – the actor who played Neo in The Matrix is wary of the burgeoning developments in machine learning and...
View ArticleHavana Syndrome definitely (maybe) not caused by brain-scrambling energy weapons
Pre-existing mental health issues and the stress of working in Cuba are more likely culpritsHavana Syndrome – the inexplicable illness experienced by some US intelligence and diplomatic personnel – is...
View ArticleAdidas grapples with $1.3B in unsold Yeezy sneakers after breaking up with...
This is what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket caseThe fall of Ye – the artist formerly known as Yeezus, Saint Pablo, Yeezy, Louis Vuitton Don, and Kanye West – was one of 2022's more...
View ArticlePentagon whistleblower Ellsberg given months to live
The man leaking vital data before it was fashionableComment Daniel Ellsberg, an American former military analyst who became one of the most significant whistleblowers in US history, has made peace with...
View ArticleThieves smash hole in wall to nab $500K in Apple iKit
So, like, three iPhones and a Mac keyboardPic Unidentified individuals managed to break through the wall of a coffee equipment maker's bathroom in a shopping center this week to enter and rob an...
View ArticleTupperware looking less airtight than you'd think
The party could be over soonContainer giant (actual containers, not the virtualization tech) Tupperware shocked investors when it said yesterday that its business was looking less airtight than you...
View ArticleNYC Mayor: Robo-pup 'out of the pound' and back to police work
Please don't pair it with ChatGPT, please don't pair it with ChatGPTVideo Two Digidog robots will return to New York City for police work despite earlier criticism that ended with the cops terminating...
View ArticleCEO sorry after telling staff to 'leave pity city' over bonuses
Put the $26 million in the bagVideo Hands up who wants to watch a CEO's mask of sanity crack. OK, roll the tape.…
View ArticlePornhub walls off Utah in age-verification law protest
Dare we say that's a master strokeSmut surfers in Utah are facing disappointment if attempting to visit Pornhub lately. Rather than their planned, er, viewing, they're instead greeted with a video...
View ArticleOf course Russia's ex-space boss doubts US set foot on the Moon
'How did NASA do what they did in the 60s what they cannot do now?'The former director general of Russia's space agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin is skeptical that NASA really landed astronauts on the...
View ArticleCisco: Don't use 'blind spot' – and do use 'feed two birds with one scone'
Switchzilla takes a stab at inclusive language. Sorry, that should be 'makes a first pass'If you like this story, don't say it blows you away. And if you don't like it, please don't give your...
View ArticleNorth Korean spy satellite launch ends in sea smash
Rather than herald exciting success of best-ever lift-off, state media confirms fiasco. Consider us surprisedNorth Korea's attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit has failed and, in a rare case of...
View ArticleElon Musk's Twitter moves were 'reaffirming' says Reddit boss amid API changes
From 'we are not Elon' to 'Elon was right' in a matter of daysComment Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has come out and said what legions of redditors feared – that a business plan to turn a profit by...
View ArticleRestaurant hired 'priest' to extract workplace confessions from staff
With now $150K to pay out, that's what we call fine diningA California restaurant chain has been fined $5,000 and ordered to pay $140,000 in unpaid wages for labor violations.…
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg would kick Elon Musk's ass, experts say
The two claim to be headed for a smackdown over copycat servicesComment It's been quite a week for billionaires doing ill-considered things, but let's not stop with touring the Titanic in a tin can...
View ArticleIf you want a big brain, make a habit out of daytime naps
You are getting sleepy… very sleepyIf you're working from home and there's been a lull in things to do, why not take a nap? Heck, even if you're in the office, find a nice quiet corner and close your...
View ArticleForget these apps and AI, where's my flying car? Ah, here's one with an FAA...
Also: No comment on that choice of name for a wee leccy chopperAmerica's Federal Aviation Administration has granted limited flight licenses to not one but two companies working on electric vertical...
View ArticleLamborghini's last remaining pure gas guzzlers are all spoken for
Don't panic – you can still get a hybrid, with a V12 engine naturallySorry, aspiring Lamborghini owners: the Volkswagen-owned supercar biz has reportedly sold out of the remaining pure internal...
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